A single microscopic change in our DNA can permanently alter how the brain is built, locking in developmental problems that ...

Three start-ups are aiming to create gene-edited babies. Columnist Michael Le Page has no doubt that editing our offspring ...

Sperm from a single donor in Europe has reportedly been used to conceive at least 67 pregnancies, although the donor carried a rare cancer-causing mutation. The donor’s mutation has been linked to ...

Last year an international team of researchers reported that older dads are much more likely to father a child with mental health issues and learning disabilities. Now it looks like teen dads may risk ...

Emily Kramer-Golinkoff can’t get enough oxygen with each breath. Advanced cystic fibrosis makes even simple things like walking or showering arduous and exhausting. She has the most common fatal ...

This approach involves customising nutrition, fitness, sleep, and even meditation based on DNA tests to help children thrive ...

During development of the digestive system, a complex network of nerves forms around it, creating a "second brain"—the enteric nervous system (ENS)—which controls the movement of food and waste ...

A donor whose sperm has been used to conceive at least 197 children throughout Europe carried a cancer-linked genetic mutation that went undetected for years, a cross-border investigation has found.

A graph-based computational tool for detecting previously invisible genetic mutations has been developed. Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA; USA) and the University of ...

An affordable new BRCA gene test has hit the market, but who should take it? — -- A new genetic testing kit that hits the market today is the most affordable, and arguably one of the simplest, ...